Variation in patient-sharing networks of physicians across the United States

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-273

  Landon, Bruce E ^a,d   Keating, Nancy L ^a,e   Barnett, Michael L ^a,e   Onnela, Jukka Pekka ^b   Paul, Sudeshna ^a   O'Malley, A James ^a   Keegan, Thomas ^a   Christakis, Nicholas A ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER NETWORK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863934511     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.7615     Document Type: Article

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